13900K and 14900K Power Draw and Crashing Fixed Easy.

Hey all, today were are taking a quick look at 13th and 14th gen power consumption issues and how to easily fix them by following Intel SPEC for the chip.
Intel has for 13900K/14900K a 253w limit in the "Extreme Config" on both PL1 and PL2. For the 13900KS and 14900KS, the "Extreme Config" is 320w on PL1 and PL2.
This can be referenced here on Intel's website. edc.intel.com/content/www/us/...
Again, these are difficult to find specifications and should be made clearer to the end user and enforced by motherboards as default. Either way, you should follow their maximum recommendations if you want to run in a "stock" config.

[@TalonsTech]

Finally Intel has published their official recommend 'Intel Default' settings. They say to use the highest profile compatible with your motherboard. Just as I said in this video, you should be using 253/253 for PL1 and PL2 on K/KF chips. And 320w/320w PL1 and PL2 for KS chips. The chart also mentions to NEVER EXCEED 400A for current limit, again in line with what I said here. Finally Intel is getting things clearly defined and laid out for users and motherboards. There is also ZERO mention of using Intel Fail Safe SVID, this should have never been recommended by anyone as it used excessive and potentially unsafe voltages. cdn.videocardz.com/1/2024/05/INTEL-DEFULAT-SETTINGS-STATEMENT.jpg

[@Tech-Dino]

I saw the Intel sheet already but how to setup PL4 on ASUS boards ? I use Intel defaults settings with all options from other guides. The question is: when I have all at Intel defaults and set IA CEP on disabled I got nearly the same performance in CB23 (only 500 points less). If IA CEP is enabled the performance is over 50% less! But disabled IA CEP all other Intel defaults !? Wondering too: IA CEP is introduced by Intel in February this year to disabled IA CEP (there is a new microcode included this make it possible). So it save to use IA CEP disabled or not ? BTW: I use the „trained“ SID behaviour because it’s perfect matched with the cpu which is built in. It always need less power and it’s more effective than undervolting the cpu! Even OCCT extreme small varaint runs much better and cooler with „trained“ Would like to know if LLC3 or LLC4 is better for these Intel defaults setups. With trained bios shows 1,2xv with Intel failsafe it’s near 1,4v ! A hint: when loading xmp always check the memory controller voltage my uses at 8000mhz (48gb) 1,4v!! It runs stable with 1,225v only! Best-case scenario or typical was not stable on my old 12900KS. My 14900KS is SP111 P127 E79 MEM 86 and with optimized bios unreal 4 and 5 crashes during shader compilation or Hogwarts with out of video memory message with a 48GB RAM videocard ^^ Edit: I thought undervolting the cpu is done by actual vrm core voltage?

[@khalifamohm1391]

i have 13900k my PL1/PL2 .. 253/253 and my iccmax 400A do u think i change it to 307A? i think 400A for 320watt .. let me know plz if i keep it at 400 or 307 thx

[@alish4332]

U mean about Intel baseline profile right?

[@joshyddog2054]

You the man! This fix all my issues with running gray zone! And the out of memery with the 4090. I'm only able get my ram to run at 6800. My cpu sp 92 so I'm sure I need buy a different one get it to run better

[@alish4332]

@@joshyddog2054 whats ur cpu

[@cixmeister5758]

Saved me from buying new power supply... Was seconda away from making buy for 1200W, then came across this. Works wonder. Cpu hits only 90c now also. Ever come in Bosnia, hit me up, i owe you a beer. Shit... 10 beers. Cheers brotha.

[@ns-tech1304]

1200w for CPU, and only 90c.. Holy crap.. Good I am AMD user :) 50c at same performance as 14900k :))) stupid idiot

[@b1bek564]

only 90c 😂

[@robord7842]

New PS wouldn't have resolved this issue so that's fortunate :P

[@dominickdardy-ingle3701]

THANK YOU, for this. I got a 14900ks and I was struggling w the temperature and blue screens. Went through multiple cases, fans, and aios, keep going through the same problem. This really helped.

[@WayStedYou]

why would you check cases fans and AIOs before cpu motherboard and RAM for bluescreens

[@dominickdardy-ingle3701]

@@WayStedYou based on HWmonitor I figured it was a heating issue. Didn't think anything of it. I went from a 12900ks. Which had half the core count so I figured it was overheating so I kept switching things. Didn't think of it being a bios problem

[@oldaccount1942]

@@dominickdardy-ingle3701 same problem 12900k no issues got 14900k had problems within a month, if your even slightly worried about your ks just RMA, Once i rma my cpu i never had an issues again with the new 14900k they gave me.

[@ns-tech1304]

@@dominickdardy-ingle3701 Upgrading from 12900ks LOL nothing can even bring that CPU to 99%.. I wonder how u even have enough brain to get money for this cpu.

[@royboysoyboy]

Very good informational video for troubleshooting!

[@Spoons1.0]

Thank you Bill Hader for the incredible tutorial. I will try this out when i can

[@billbabbs3871]

Thank you, very much for this sound advise, I've been looking long and hard for good advise on how to do the proper setting to get the most out the CPU and protecting it too. Thanks again

[@FuriousStylezOfficial]

Yo! You're a LEGEND for this video. I've e watched damn near ALL the videos on undervolting, even Jays, but you by gar explained this the BEST! Thank you, seriously. Keep up the content.

[@paradigmshift7]

My rig wasn't crashing (14900k , z790 Darkhero mobo) , but it would stutter sometimes outside of gaming. These settings fixed that. Thank you!

[@j.patricklindor6828]

Thank you SO much for this video! I was scratching my head for a month trying to figure out why my 14900K was hitting 100C immediately when starting any game. A couple would crash to desktop and once in a blue moon would BSOD. Now my games run steady at 50C-ish at full load.

[@MohamedG7]

Thanks man, really appreciate your valuable information.

[@ultra_sound.]

to be very honest, the best video out there. very simple, informative, and it works. in 30 minutes, you provided good information for who is looking to bring the temps and volts down without losing mass performance. I didn't know your channel, but you just won a subscriber.

[@BinturongYT]

Followed your advice and got power throttling and thermal throttling. Changed from Intel recommended settings Hero Maximus recent BIOS update. Those work fine.

[@Asesno79]

I'd been trying to get my 14700K stable, safe and cool and after all the misinformation out there, I came across this last night. THANK YOU! Subscriber for life!

[@devonmoreau]

I don't even own one of these cpus but I heard about the issue and found this video extremely interesting and informative. Awesome work! 🤩

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and helping everyone 👌🏾⭐

[@robertdelange2071]

This is the most easy explained video i've seen on this topic.. it's a ton of people having this problem, regardless of mainboard vendor.

[@PhonesOnaDailyBasis]

Thank you for teaching us sir 🔥

[@semogair69]

Great video! Interesting and informative. Thanks!

[@puddleduckist]

Great tutorial, i just bought a 14900k and i have an asus board so i will definitely look into doing this. Thanks for sharing 👍!

[@jaganram2003]

I just ordered same specs today keep it posted how it went mate :)

[@JohnnieTheRabbit-ro1jh]

Very good overview. Also very helpful for mobile HX cpu's, i got an i9 14900HX, and I undervolted it -150mv, its only stable while gaming, -120mv is stable when under stresstests/cinebench etc. Max tdp is 157 watts for HX mobile, ASUS set the pl2 to 175, with Intel XTU I set both PL1/PL2 to 140 watts max. 5,4 ghz on all p-cores (no boost 5.8 ghz) and 4,1 ghz on all e cores.

[@karleong]

you really explain reasonbly well, intel fail safe should be reference with customer ref board, the board layout could be deviate compared to board in Asus or whatever vendor it is ..

[@TJWood]

Thank you for a clear explanation. I was going insane with my system crashing in games and so on with a new system based on an i9 13th gen. I now have it rock solid with PL1 and PL2 at 265 and temps are cool as even with constant heavy load. I also put a 360 AIO cooler and new case in to boot and the system runs warm, not like a crashing toaster any more. I'm actually very disappointed with the motherboard manufacturers as I want a rock solid system, not push it with OC and crashing. This is on them and its wrong. I also am using an ASROCK motherboard which is great but some of the settings are quite unclear but its close enough to do these settings and leave the others alone.

[@Knowledge0101]

Thank you for the video very informative

[@sfor17]

Yes, like said many times over....great explanation good video.

[@Pinkfloyd1173]

Thank you so much for this video!!!!

[@Cri_91]

Thank you @TalonsTech for this great video and very clearly explained! Do you have a video where you show how you make the complete oc?

[@Weyco23]

Just completed a 14700k build with a Strix Gaming E Wi-Fi II. I am currently using the enforce all limits, with MCE off. I’ll try these settings. At the end you did not turn LLC back on and just undervolted, do both need to be done?

[@nizzen2]

Nice job! Love from Nizzen

[@shadowarez1337]

Changed out my 3080TI FE to my 3090FE on my 14900K Rig noticed it was sitting at 74c in bios not sure how or why that change causes this but followed vid as I could no longer into windows without a blue screen. Ai optimized oc on the Asus Strix z790 is not good. Changed to defaults redid the OCS via video I'm now down to 29c-45c while gaming still hitting 5.9ghz on my 14900k thank you for this video 🙏

[@fitztech]

This is good info. I personally wouldn’t recommend doing a -0.135v offset to everyone. I’d start at -0.05 and test stability from there. I had a garbage 12900k that would bsod at -0.06v or more.

[@Razors378]

only manage to do 0.09 on my 14900ks. got a sp 102 though :(. Oh well going to rpelace it when the 15900k comes out, suppose to have a low of lower voltage overall anyway

[@gvido2923]

@@Razors378wtf i did 0.125 on my 14900k no problem SP 95

[@Smung]

how do you properly test for stability? I have managed to undervolt my 13700kf by -0.18v yet now I am hearing that shouldn't be possible and I now have trust issues over my cpu.

[@gorgils1]

Fantastic tutorial video. I've been getting crashes on video games despite having no issues with temperature since I disabled multicore enhancement. After I changed my settings according to the suggestions in your video, my Cinebench multicore performance benchmark went up 2700 points, with with negligible changes in temperature. (haven't tested for crashes yet, but I'm still convinced your settings are the best solution to the overheating problem so far) Besides these changes, should we also enable Dynamic Tuning (so Intel DTT works), GNA, and undervolt protection? Or the PC will be the most stable and perform best without these settings enabled (and the respective drivers installed on windows)?

[@simplethings1830]

Thanks man great video !! i was super confused why i had issues with games crashing especially unreal engine games, said out of video memmory but turns out it was cpu limits. Set everything as you showed in video and havent had a single crash. + would totally update the bios but last time i did it my oc didnt work, ram oc is a mf. The fact that you run 8200 IS CRAZYYYY to me

[@theslayerdog7669]

Awesome video dude. I have an Asus strix motherboard and I run an i-9 11900 k with adaptive turbo boost technology-enabled and remove all limits everything else on auto in the bios When I play Horizon forbidden West in the loading screen I hit 275 Watts in my CPU goes to 72 Celsius only for a split second my CPU stays at 5.1 gigahertz and sometimes goes to 5.3 on only two cores I have a 360 mm radiator which has a 3100 RPM pump I have it running at maximum with six fans sandwich on the radiator from noctura running at full blast from a separate SATA power connector Anyways I do not crash ever despite my ridiculous wattage now I know my clocks are lower in the i-9 14900 KS Which I was going to buy to start my own KZbin channel but now I am intimidated too I also have never tried to run cinabench because it doesn't do anything for running a video game it is a meaningless application for no video game will do what that does to your CPU ever who cares you got a number wow so cool LOL

[@khalifamohm1391]

i have 13900k i dont have any issue but i follow ur guide thx for the all info

[@mmremugamesmm]

Subscribed, followed your directions and used your setting for my 13900k with asus strix gaming e motherboard I’m getting just shy of 36,000 on Cine bench r 23 I have had my motherboard set at asus defaults for the last almost 2 years and have had no issues. I know I’m loosing performance but I don’t know much about over clocking.

[@cangesss_2872]

thank you I had repeated crashes and everything seems to be back to normal

[@nick-dogg]

I remember back in the days, it was up to the user to set the correct settings. There was no auto, we did everything through jumpers and manual config in the BIOS.

[@Tom--Ace]

I remember it too but it was honestly easier. Auto settings are hard to work with

[@RuiN4265]

Great video and well explained! Are you running an apex or apex encore? Any way you could help me find the bios version you are using??

[@ugabugabagaga]

Thanks for the video bro

[@shootloadrepeat]

I believe the power limits for the 14900KS chips are increased to 320 watts on short and long (supported Intel extreme limits) and the Amperage limits stock can be safely set to 420 Amps. If not using the extreme limits allowed by Intel then 253 Watts short/long and 400 Amps would apply but it will never reach the 6.2Ghz clocks. (At least that I found) I'm still playing with mine but these chips are actual beasts and except for the ridiculously-low number of PCIe lanes, are pretty awesome. Thanks for this really insightful video and glad that someone is explaining this plainly. These changes should be standard on all motherboards and none of these ridiculous chip-killing defaults.

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

i was thinking about switching to AMD for 1st time in my life but now I'm back thinking about getting an i9 14900KS for my new build, i always use Intel i was very worried for this high temperatures and crazy crashes but this video is the answer, thanks 🙂👍🏾

[@Munky332]

If you game, and you're in for a new board/DDR5/CPU anyways, I'd prob go 7800x3d + mobo + DDR5, I have a MSI z690 + DDR4 + 14700k and wish I could switch if it wasn't going to cost me an arm and a leg to do so...

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

@@Munky332 i thought about it but my other option is 7950X3D but not in more willing to wait couple of months until AMD announce their new upcoming CPUs i have already $5,000 saved for my new build so i don't have any rush I'll keep saving until the big announcement from the big companies Intel, AMD and Nvidia

[@baileymark3]

@@KamiKaZeJeremy Funny reading this im kind of in simliar position atm. Not really wanting to deal with such instabilities and Huge temps. but with 5series nvidia cards on the horizon and trying to somewhat future proof myself, I think im looking to go Amd for the first time ever. Always prefered Intel for ease of use but I cannot justify these crazy extremes, especially when it seems AM5 gives a ledgible upgrade route. Just hoping Amd release a Solid x3d chip thats not a bank breaker sooner rather than later.

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

@@baileymark3 i agree with you i think AMD is the logical path to take but right now a month away from Computex 2024 I'm going to wait what AMD, Intel and Nvidia announcements are going to be, this is not a good time to buy or build this is the time to wait, new technology is coming so we can get the latest or at least prices of actual hardware should be adjusted, my suggestion my friend WAIT A LITTLE BIT! ✌🏾😉

[@1440PGamingContent]

I learned not to mess with it. If anything undervolt it. Consistently playing a game will alter your computers configuration automatically... If set on auto

[@TuPham-Rog]

thank you very much

[@paul2609]

Funnily enough doing these fixes improved my Cinebench score by 3-4% on my 13900K

[@woiru8815]

I don't own either of the processors but thank you for this.

[@dvorski9827]

GJ mate, helps alot

[@Simmymind360]

Fantastic, thank you..what CPU thermal paste do you recommend?

[@davidsmith4186]

HONEYWELL PTM7958 Thermal Paste is what he said. I use KPX myself. Might have to give the PTM7958 a try sometime.

[@YGadgETech]

Thanks. For that awesome video! Can I ask for you batch of your 14900KS? I’m planing to get one tomorrow with apex encore and 8400mhz g skill hope everything will work and I’ll get a good silicon , can I ask why did you undervolt and how you get greater score while doing it? Can I ask for the SVD behaviour I didn’t quite understand the typical scenario and how to maximize performance with it? Thanks again 🙏🏻

[@markmanderson]

Asus have since released z790 bios for most Z series boards to revert to intel defaults that resets to intel specs, voltages included, btw they also recommend disabling asus auto on multicore enhancement (asus auto will boost past the std boost max). They also suggest failsafe for the most stablity or trained. The option in main Extreme Tweaker page resets the extremee tweaker settings down to Intel defaults.

[@bradjossi6822]

I am extremely disappointed in Intel for releasing such a low quality silicone at the premium price I paid for it. I will be switching to AMD from here on out when the 8000 series releases.

[@GoTSkillZ]

Hi @TalonsTech. Thank you for the video. I had 2 13900K degrade over 6 months due to this issue. I am planning on getting a 14900K. What should I set the power limit to? 307, 125, 253 or something else ?

[@TalonsTech]

I would follow Intel's guidance they put out today. Maybe set the limits they recommend until your motherboard has a bios update ready?

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

Appreciate the video man! What's your opinion on CPU Lite Load Mode? I have an MSI z790 board and a 14900k. I havent touched LLC but I am gonna check it out here soon and adjust it, but by default my Lite Load Mode was set to mode 10. Dropping it to mode 8 has helped with temps but I am considering dropping it more. I'm also going to definitely set the wattage manually like you said. I've done this in XTU but I'd rather do it in bios. I have 269w P1/P2 and 369A current (because I have the humor of a child). Seems stable and I get around 39k in cinebench r23. However I am hitting mid 80 to low 90 temps with my 360 AIO. Any thoughts?

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

I also noticed when you went back to the bios for the final time, you lowered the voltage manually. Initially you said that the only things we needed to change were manually entering the wattage and then adjust load line calibration. Maybe I missed it but did you keep the LLC where it was when you reset to defaults or did you not change that from where it was at the beginning of the video? When you ran the final test, was your LLC set to auto or where it was at the beginning of the video. I just want to make sure I'm not missing something! Thanks!

[@andregallego9655]

@@BipolarBLKSheep Hey sheep, did you have any luck with your settings? My (also) bipolar brain is having a hard time keeping my CPU Core Package temps below 100Celsius under heavy load like in Cinebench or gaming at high settings, which leads to thermal throttling. Considering lugging my extremely heavy case to my computer repair buddy and seeing what he can find. I'm not sure if my PC was built with shoddy thermal paste, but even after applying this video's settings, even though my system is seemingly stable, I am having a hard time keeping temperatures down during heavy loads, and I worry it might cause my parts to melt, lol? Maybe it's all in my (bipolar) head...Hope you figured out your settings!

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

@@andregallego9655 so I updated my bios to the most recent stable build. Not the beta. I selected box cooler and my lite load mode is actually back to default. I had been at mode 8 for a while but after updating the bios I started blue screening. So I’m back on auto which is mode 10. If you are at intel default settings 253w short and long term power limit and 307A current, and you’re still hitting 100c I would def check the cooler. What kind do you have? I actually just removed my 360mm AIO block and noticed that the standoffs were loose so it wasn’t sitting down on the cpu as much as it should have. Unless they loosened as I was removing it. Either way, I repasted with KPX, tightened everything up, and I’m running almost 5c cooler on average. In games I’m usually around 60-75 but in Helldivers 2 I’ve still got 92c random spikes.

[@maximilian.R]

You are correct about makers of motherboards leaving CPU settings unrealistic. Did a build with MSI components and it took me about 3-4 months to get all this figured out regarding the CPU temperatures. MSI tech support would not give me the default settings for BIOS for regular usage, and overclocking usage. I could not believe it. I got the i9-14900k.

[@korloaster]

I have the same cpu and msi motherboard... My PC just randomly crashes and I don't have a solution.. Can you provide the specs or settings in your motherboard..? Would really appreciate it if possible

[@maximilian.R]

@@korloaster Hi. So, I would try to see what combinations of current for CPU core ICCMax, voltages for the turbo boost short power max and turbo boost power max, is needed for your CPU and motherboard, by using the Intel XTU app. Then, you will have to undervolt the CPU in the core voltage offset to give it a better performance. This is all done within Intel XTU in the advance tuning page--the app has several ways to tune your system. For my MIS Z790 Ace, and the i9-14900K, with a 360-cooler, I had it stable by undervolting the CPU by -.125 V, using 315 A for CPU IccMax, 263W for turbo boost short power max, and 253 W for turbo boost power max. At these setting the system runs between 80-90C when stress tested, and with benchmark result of 13,400 in the Intel XTU app. So, without overclocking it, I am near similar results overclocing it, but with temperatures reaching 90-100C when stress testing the system. That is too hot and I get crashes, especially when testing it using the AVX2 stress test, within Intel XTU. After you figure out your stable numbers, input those in the MSI BIOS. That will be a bit tricky and time consuming, as you have to become familiar with the settings. It has a lot of settings that will need to be changed, also. Let me know if you need further assistance. Now, for an I9-14900K the max Icc current is 307 A and 253 W of max power for the short-term and long-term turbo situations. Double check those numbers, also, on the Intel site, or call them. My amps and power usage are a bit higher.

[@ThisOLmaan]

@@korloaster : you have the same i9-14900k ? on MSI ... i have i7-12700K on MSI but didn't have any heat issues just want to know if its affecting some CUP and Asus Motherboards? i do want to change my values lowering voltages , but like i mentioned had no problems would appreciate any Advice...

[@maegnificant]

Are your crashes hard crashes? Or blue screens? ​@@korloaster

[@korloaster]

@@maegnificant hard crashes.

[@azntactical4884]

I just do auto clock and max power to 275watts. 64gb 6000hz ram. My stuff turbos to 5.7ghz and then settle to 4.9ghz pcore and 4.3ghz ecore under load. Idles a little above 1ghz. Pretty happy with mine. I mainly use my setup for video editing. I could probably reduce the watt limit just a bit more. Using a 194mm radiator fro. Alphacool in a small form factor case.

[@truth2life_]

thanks for your video, it was very helpful, however, is it possible to run a stable 6.2? if you undervolt it...

[@brentcox2961]

Yep, that worked I was getting the Video Memory Allocation error when running UE5 games and this fixed it. Its so weird because I didnt have any issues at first when i built the pc in December but i suspect the chip degraded over time

[@YGadgETech]

I had the same case with my 14900k I sold it lmao , now planing to try my luck with 14900ks

[@MaritimeTRdeniz]

saved me from buying bigger case 420mm cooler and liquid metal thermal paste, 100C to 70C while gaming and no crash thx a lot. 13900k with 240mm cooler.

[@pm110978]

What’s your vcore? Do you use adaptive vcore?

[@nickm8651]

First of all thank you! Asus new bios include Intel defaults after installing cpu.

[@christopherkelley2466]

Good video. Why are you going with an adaptive offset instead of adjusting ACLL? LLC = DCLL. Had better luck with the proper undevolt personally. Adaptive offset was ok for gaming but if I did occt stress testing it would detect errors pretty quickly. .1+ global offset seems a bit insane nice chip!

[@e234darkrock]

Your video explains it perfectly~ I just bought an i9-14900KS~ In the stock settings, as soon as I start playing games, the speed drops to 5000~5100~ What do I need to adjust? Is it feasible to follow the settings in your video?

[@bavelbenjamin]

Question, and I hope to get a response. If my CPU has degraded so much that I cannot do any OC to it, even with the the instructions I follow in this video, then what are my options here? Should I try and get a new CPU and apply the voltage settings this video suggests?

[@dale7326]

Adding a fact that when you add more ram to your system, they also reset your settings so you need to change the bios again, same for update window if it requires a reset.

[@MyJman37]

Omg finally someone online that knows what they are talking about!! for the love of god i am so sick of seeing all these recent videos over the intel stability issues etc. Like yeah, that's what happens when you try and pair a $30 air cooler with a 14900k and pump unlimited watts/voltage to it while also upping the multiplier as well all because they see some tech tuber showing them how to optimize there computer for extra frame rates in cyberpunk Honestly its just mostly marketing b.s for the most part and believe they are just trying to blow up intel's spot to sell more upcoming 8000 AMD chips.

[@MhillPlays]

It’s probably a few idiots on Reddit, which got social media traction. And now it’s blown out of proportion as if all chips are dying. The thing is Intel oversees these settings that AIB’s use, they would not allow these parameters if cpu death is at risk. It would seriously damage their reputation and lose customers to AMD pretty quickly.

[@theendoftheline]

lol, dont tell this guy the best air cooler is around 30$ (or that stock settings are causing the stability issues) he likes to find out for himself

[@MyJman37]

@@theendoftheline Yes point is most air coolers are not rated to dissipate that many watts worth of heat, especially given the insane amount of power they are pumping into these chips its just a failure waiting to happen. I am sure that this may be dependent of your location and how your local climate is also when using an air cooler vs liquid but also failures are that sometimes people just end up with horrible silicon from the get-go and if that's the case, they should just RMA the chip. So i do believe that most of thee issues are due to poor quality silicon from day 1, paired with improper cooling since day 1, causing degradation as they are probably running cinbench over and over trying to pull the highest score.

[@theendoftheline]

@@MyJman37 sorry no, its the power limits try again

[@MyJman37]

@@theendofthelineWell i don't need or want to try again, so we can agree to disagree, that is totally fine with me.

[@ChrisGR93_TxS]

have you tested svid behaviour to best case scenario to see what voltages is running at? im using best case scenario and tried manual voltages to see how far off they are and surprisingly its spot on

[@YGadgETech]

Can I ask if this better then just leave it on auto? By the way did you using level 4 which best for OC?

[@Pandemonium088]

The TLDW version is enforce all limits under multicore enhancement, if you have an asus mobo.

[@notreya]

This was super helpful, thank you. Unfortunately my 13900k on z790 e gets really unstable with any undervolt > 0.01500. It probably needs to be rma'd after all the issues i have had. Originally I had it on xmp tweaked and auto. It started crashing in Overwatch after about 7 months and I could not run Helldivers without capping to 60fps. It is pretty stable now with 380-253-253, multi core enhance disabled, SVID on auto, 1.38 on my corsair 6000 ram, CPU LLC Auto (3), with a 0.01500 undervolt. Cinebench 23 39k and i was finally able to run helldivers at higher than 60fps without crashing. Another thing I am worried about is that I was not able to install a thermal grizzly contact frame on this board as the ilc screws were too short. I found some new screws so I am going to install it and try again. :) Thanks again, really helpful.

[@notreya]

btw max temp in cinebench is 92, which is wayyy more comfy than the 100c it would just always hit before. I feel stupid running it so hard for that long fr.

[@maegnificant]

Were your crashes hard crashes or blue screens?

[@notreya]

@@maegnificant It started about 3 months ago. Had the cpu since release basically, mainly loss of rendering device and hard locks needing a hard reboot. I originally thought it was my GPU and i did literally everything - ddu in safemode, tried older drivers, lower clocks, better cooling in case, eventually formatted.. Then I finally put my old 1080ti in and it did the same thing. Thats when I knew like, it's not the gpu. I had it set on xmp tweaked so I set to xmp 1 alone. This legitimately fixed my issues for about a month - then it started happening again. Before i saw this video I just had lowered the multiplier on p cores to 52. This was mostly stable but yeah I could kinda feel the perf loss and it would still do it randomly. Now with these settings it passes every test, is wayy cooler and just feels way more stable. The biggest test for me is helldivers like, I could not run that game at ALL. It crashed in the tutorial until I capped it at 60fps. I have a 240hz zowie and I play overwatch mainly capped at 400fps. (Yes higher fps than hz makes a difference.) The reason I am saying this is that yeah like I am pushing ram/cpu IO when running at such high fps - even at 1080p. anyways yeah no issues at all now, feels super good,

[@maegnificant]

@@notreya okay, thanks for the info. Glad to hear you got it resolved! I had to send my pc in to the manufacturer for the third time now, because it keeps hard crashing randomly, a few months after they repair or replace some random part like my SSD or the AIO. I was wondering if the issue was maybe caused by this actually

[@lazybutonyoutube9320]

hey there, im using the 14900ks as well, paired with a 4070 ti. i have 6400mhz ddr5 and a nzxt z790 mobo. i tried tinkering with similar settings to this and ended up with bsods. its possible i changed the settings of the wrong thing so if u know the nzxt bios equivalent of these pls lmk. my cpu cooling is the 360mm sl inf lian li ga II trinity

[@brett_rose]

I was hitting 330w with my new 14900K. Mostly all default settings with the Asus Strix Z690-E. I locked vcore to 1.25. I set it to the best-case scenario, disabled all the E cores, and locked all the P cores to 5.5. I set load line to 3.

[@Nicc93]

almost as much power as my 7900 xtx lol. crazy how hard they are pushing these chips. My sapphire Nitro 7900 xtx pushes over 400 watts

[@tacoterito22]

if you conduct your channel to this type of videos it would be great!! there is a lot of people that wants this type of content!!

[@xLuxSoldi3Rx]

Your video is good, its also in most games the case as you say it will use the full power of 5.9Ghz, but... try Gray Zone Warfare. It pushes the cpu wattage and temps to limits (253w) and causes the vram crash issue, even with those settings. I had to set 125w in bios for that game. I also undervolted and i have the knowhow. My SP is 109. Gray Zone crashes it anyway and pushes it into the limits. This for a game.

[@TalonsTech]

Funny you mention that! I am going to upload a video of that game as I’ve been playing it a ton at 5.9ghz no problem. Also my 14900K at 5.7ghz works no issues either.

[@xLuxSoldi3Rx]

@@TalonsTech yeah but it pushes the wattages at some scenes like helicopter or some other places over 200w for a game... results in 75-80c spikes. Even Starfield only reached 150w max

[@TalonsTech]

@@xLuxSoldi3Rx Wow your temps are wild. I’m seeing 45-55c with spikes up to around 65c and this is at 260-300fps. So for those frames totally acceptable temps for that high of FPS.

[@xLuxSoldi3Rx]

@@TalonsTech my temps are all fine in every game, like yours. but Gray Zone pulls 230w sometimes and this results in high temps peaks. Is not an issue of my rig or cooling, its just that one game. i‘m playing on 3440x1440p with an 4090. so i‘m aroung 170fps all the time like. Check with hwinfo in background what the max values are, after a session Gray Zone. Tarkov never exceeds 105W and stays on 45-50c for example

[@TalonsTech]

@@xLuxSoldi3Rx I'm sure with time the game will get optimized. It's so new and from a smaller team. I've read posts on Steam from both AMD and Intel having issues with the game crashing, heating their CPUs, and even shutting off their PC. I'm not having any of these issues myself. Outside of occasional stutters entering new areas that aren't cached. But meh, it's new and it will improve. Also Tarkov has terrible CPU utilization so we can't use that as a comparison.

[@Department1690]

thank you..

[@jeep-australia]

Thanks

[@Loot_Train]

What thermal pad or paste are you using in this video?

[@EagerBike-fq5xb]

Are you running an AIO or watercooled?

[@BareKragujevdza]

25:05 dont you tell me that this open hand is actually hiding you typing the password? priceless! hahahah! you made my day! also, you made my day with this tut, it is also priceless, eye opening, thanks bro!

[@joshhernandez8680]

Thanks for all the great info, but theres one part im confused on... its on the core voltage.. did you go adaptive or a solid static voltage.. whats the settings for that.. im using a cpu core voltage of 1.37 @ 5.4ghz and my temps are idling at 35c ... so my voltage never chhanges is what im saying.....what kind of cooling do you have?

[@timtoomuch]

Because you changed the short and long power duration you can set cpu voltage to auto that's what he did

[@michelcornelisse3871]

Hello goodevening ,great video ;) Can you make a video about the thermal paste ptm7958 ? Nice evening.

[@Razors378]

I'm not getting the same temperatures as you are getting. I have 14900ks on a asus z790 extreme with 420 corsair (h170i elite LCD XT). I put thermal grizzly extreme on there with no contact frame. with 253w power limit with 400amp limit and 0.09 undervolt as i cant go higher because of SP 102 :(. im getting mid to high 80s with cinebench and c++ compiling in VS 2022. Not sure are you using a contact frame and what motherboard? I'm not sure why its higher maybe the kryo sheet is better then but ithink its strange i applied the paste by spreading it out evenly.

[@UGFIWilly]

First thing thank you so much for your help really appreciated . I have i9 14900ks with sp 107 and p sp score 118 and E 82 And good custom water loop I put the - offset to 0.13500 and i increase the power to 320 and stable for me in CR23 it’s that offset good for me ?

[@PoizenJam]

Have you had any success using the 'Extreme' configs for the spec sheets? i.e., 400A Current, 320W PL1/2? Or did that reintroduce stability problems?

[@Tech-Dino]

I have with the "trained" option the best experience running occt tool with lower temps (12900KS) And it use less power consumption than undervolting the cpu!

[@dlmac]

I've been having a lot of crashes over the past few months running games (Stellaris, Satisfactory, D4). Found this video and tried implementing the new power settings, but still got 95+ temps during Cinebench run. Intel i9-14900k ASUS Tuf gaming MB Corsair CPU water block & pump (XD7) I just tested a max power of 225 and got a max temp of 91c. Something is still not right but can't figure it out. I have reseated the water block already, with no change. The only thing from the video I did not change was XMP and no under-volt. Thoughts?

[@kxmode]

Is it okay if one or two cores occasionally hit 90-95 during the Cinemark bench for my 14900K?

[@scipher99]

My MSI MB tried to do the same thing on my 13900K. It was never a problem for me as I do custom setting for undervolting anyway. I only have a loss of around 5% but my power consumption and thermals are well below stock settings values.

[@dlmac]

I have the latest ASUS bios with default and matching settings; can't get much above 25000pt on Cinebench now. May have to revert to previous bios if I can remember which one it was. Even the few test I did before latest BIOs update still got into the 90c temp range with your settings. Is it possible it is a bad CPU or more likely to be cooling issue. I am cooling using Corsair water block and separate pump. How are you cooling your machine?

[@larssrensen2342]

The minus 1.135 depends at what SVID behavior is selected and i would say this is "worst case scenario" or "intel fail safe" to get to a vcore of 1.536. If one were to select "best case scenario" a minus in the vcore of 1.135 would not boot..

[@xdn]

I am using a 13900K with a Z790 ROG Maximus Extreme board , DDR5 @ 7400 updated to the latest bios 2202 . I followed the steps you mention except for multicore enhancement selected disabled enforce all limits because it says to use intel default settings to disable that which is different from what it say from yours , for undervolt i set to - 0.1 and PL1 125 and PL2 253 . It seems to be running ok

[@evan-du3vk]

How's, your clock speeds??. I have 13900 k and asus forced limit with new bios to 280 Amps by defaults so not getting even close to 5 ghz. Had to change settings to 400 ampers to get it to work as before bios update. So right now back at stable 5.5 ghz.

[@monkeymanx310]

Can you make a detailed video on how to undervoly the 14900k on that bios i have the same one and im running a artic liquid freezer 3 420mm and instill hit about 90c to 100c

[@5_Blade_Nali]

@Talons Tech would this all be the same on an MSI motherboard?

[@nadtz]

I'd be interested to know if any of the people who have been having this problem tried this. One of the first tweaks I did when I built my 13700k system built was change the bios settings for power to be in spec and undervolt. The difference in CPU temps was something like ~10c just from doing that (with a bump in cinbench score to boot) with an air cooler and I was actually kind of annoyed my motherboard which is sold as a 'creator' motherboard didn't adhere to intel spec out of the box. Also it's not as in depth as the intel spec sheet but the intel ARK pages list base and max turbo power, that's what I used when I set my machine up.

[@luckman7897411]

for those damaged chips still need increase voltage or decrease frequency but RMA is more recommended.

[@oldaccount1942]

Def RMA, it fixed my issue for now.

[@YeahhDan]

@@oldaccount1942 i'm in the process right now. had my 13900ks for a little over a year and out of nowhere it just started randomly BSODing and having apps crash randomly. was running it at stock almost the whole time, because the heat from overclocking wasn't worth the minimal extra performance. I was getting a lot of nonpaged fault errors. thought i was going crazy or that it was a RAM issue, but i slotted my old 12900k back into my system and everything is normal again. I think the memory controller is failing after a year.. RMA TIME

[@mariodevita661]

Hello, can you use the manual mode and set a voltage of 1.15V instead of using the offset mode? Are there differences?

[@TalonsTech]

You can use a manual voltage sure. The reason you don’t really want to do that is because that be comes a constant voltage. Offset mode allows the voltage to drop very low while on idle or spike back up high clock/low load or drop for high clock/high load. Using a manual voltage on these modern CPUs makes very little sense IMO.

[@AexoeroV]

You can undervolt your CPU to - 0.135? With my 13900K i can't go lower than - 0.075 cause it crashes Cinebench R23.

[@jeylilo]

What about the Setting "Unlimited ICCMX"? Shouldnt this be also disabled, so it wont take more than 400amps? Or is it enough to set the Max limit to 400?

[@Filmmaker809]

But after the bios update to 2202 can I get into the Asus Bios and make these changes before I have issues? I'm currently on BIOS 1904 with my Asus Z790 Hero with i9 13900k.

[@bigboss3691]

May I know your spec, including used Thermal Paste and Cooler in this video

[@jeonglee22]

Very exciting bro, I also solved it on this way.but I want to know the 14900"K"chip,can set PL1andPL2 to 320W?🤔hope to you back

[@PAIN-ot4cj]

I have mine on a LLC 7 with adaptive voltage on 35 - negative off set I never go about 60 c during gaming on a 59 all core Overcclock

[@AXEL1973]

Think my chip blew up already; its already in the RMA process. Wish I found this video a few weeks earlier, definitely will be referring back to it in a week when the 14700K arrives back

[@zepher1502]

Such an informative video! Can you please make a manual overclocking video with same board and chip? How much should I undervolt a 14900k with Asus z790 strix e? Currently I have tried 0.11000 and 0.01000 any other recommendations?

[@kxmode]

If you use Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility, under Advanced tuning, at the top, I set Core Voltage Offset to -0.09 V (that dropped the heat by 10 degrees). I also, further down in the same page, changed the Performance Per-Core Tuning (PPCT) from 57x-60x to 51x for all 7 cores.

[@jgo7870]

this was a challenge for me to get this stable, i had to play with ram speeds as well. I have 7200mhz ram, i had to down clock to 7000mhz, set all my pl limits to 253, set bios to 'enable all limits', my - offset i was able to get up to 0.10200. if i try anything more, it's unstable. I'm on the same board as you but 14900KS. So far so good, will need to see if it remains stable. Gaming temps look good averaging 60-70s. Clocks are stable at 5.9 on pcores and 4.5 on ecores. Also I'm on grizzly contact frame and kryonaut extreme paste, not sure how much the frame helped though.

[@kxmode]

@@jgo7870I also changed PL1 and PL2 to 175. The power throttle activates but there's no loss in performance.